Mini joystick from ballpoint pen
Got a few switches and a pen? You can make a joystick, and if it’s a clicker-type pen, you can make a “fire” button atop the joystick as well!
DIY Projects
DIY Arcade racing console
Over at 0-60mag.com they have a 60+ paged PDF tutorial that shows you how to build an official Need For Speed SHIFT racing cockpit.
Touch sensor Speak&Spell AKA Transistors are awesome!
Install touch sensors into your favorite circuits using transistors.
Cheap Yaris cabin air filter replacement
I’ll give dollars to donuts that Jake Von Slatt owns a Yaris because he likes to say “YAAAAAAAAAAARis” in a pirate voice. Anyhoo, Jake was tired of the ‘Yota dealership hitting him for 50 bucks to replace the factory cabin air filter, so he hacked together his own from a $5 home A/C filter and wrote a good tutorial about how to do so yourself. Take that ye scallywags!
DIY clock “Digital Defocus”
In front of the DRO is an array of lenses that allow for defocusing of the digits as they are shifted by the motor. This creates an unusual effect that can be implemented as desired in the programing. At this time the effect is randomized over the course of a single minute. The electronics clock is a real-time clock w/ battery so that when power is lost the time is retained.
Cenobite pumpkin
He does not look happy. Another gem from ExtremePumpkins.com.
Wireless RGB LED light bulb
Looking to increase his atmospheric lighting options, maker Jeroen Domburg built this wirelessly controlled RGB LED light bulb using an ATTiny44, RGB LED emitter, USB-PSU, and 433MHz RF receiver.